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© Mindtree limited 2012 Krishnan KS, Head of Culture and Competence, Mindtree Mindtree Learning Best Practices
© Mindtree limited 2012
Krishnan KS, Head of Culture and Competence, Mindtree
MindtreeLearning Best Practices
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CHALLENGE CHANGEMany engineers and jobs but poor engineering skills in jobs
Assessments lead to fear and hinder learning
Lack of 21st Century Skills
Classroom to Project-based Learning
Periodic to Continuous Assessments
From Competition to Collaboration
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Project-based learning
Curriculum Forward Capability Backward
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Engineering Skills
Solve
Debug
Fix
Plan
Refactor
Design
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Story telling
Everyone likes a good story!
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IT Could articulate the problem statement -
understands it.
Comfortably communicates to put across a
point
Knows the sequence of
tasks to complete the
work
Could identify the solution for
CR/Bug
Could show the details of changes required
Will surely complete
work within SLA
Unrelenting Dedication
- Sincerely trying to learn and complete
work
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IT Could articulate the problem statement -
understands it.
Comfortably communicates to put across a point
Could identify the solution for CR/Bug
Could show the details of
changes required
Will complete work within
SLA
Demonstrates quality in tasks
Expert thinking - Asking relevant questions.
If s(he) doesn't, then is there clarity of thought
process?
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Continuous Assessments
Instill Capability | Validate Real Learning | Give Continuous Feedback
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CR, B
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IT Could articulate the problem statement -
understands it.
Comfortably communicate
s to put across a point
Could identify the
right solution for CR/Bug
Could show the details of changes required
Will surely complete
work within SLA
Does the Campus Mind know how to
integrate?
Collaborative spiritCould list out his/her role/tasks
and team's overall goal
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Collaborative LearningGroups learn 21st Century skills together
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Outcome
Feedback• Learners: “Real life is more complex but we feel confident we can cope”
• Managers: “They are able to do the job better”
• Faculty: Was most difficult to change
Performance in learning program improved
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K. S. Krishnan
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